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Japanese PC's
A review of where major Japanese technology companies are in the PC hardware and software markets. Shot in Japan.
Guests: Katsuro Miyakoda, Microcomputer Magazine; Yukio Mizuno, NEC; Kay Nishi, ASCII; Hitoshi Tanaka, Ampere; Susumu Shinbori, Sony; Michael Miller, Popular Computing; Christopher Mead, High Tech Review.
Products/Demos: MSX, Fujitsu Portable, Sony CD-ROM, CIC Handwriter, Ampere WS-1, Epson Wrist Computer. Copyright 1985 Stewart Cheifet Productions.
Guests: Katsuro Miyakoda, Microcomputer Magazine; Yukio Mizuno, NEC; Kay Nishi, ASCII; Hitoshi Tanaka, Ampere; Susumu Shinbori, Sony; Michael Miller, Popular Computing; Christopher Mead, High Tech Review.
Products/Demos: MSX, Fujitsu Portable, Sony CD-ROM, CIC Handwriter, Ampere WS-1, Epson Wrist Computer. Copyright 1985 Stewart Cheifet Productions.
- Contact Information
- stewart@cheifet.com
- Addeddate
- 2007-06-13 02:02:47
- Collectionid
- 218
- Color
- color
- Identifier
- Japanese1985
- Numeric_id
- 2932
- Proddate
- 4/1/1985
- Sound
- sound
- Type
- MovingImage
- Year
- 1985
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November 28, 2021
Subject: It's good
Subject: It's good
This interesting, I learned some cool stuff about Japanese PC's. Also the April Fool's joke was pretty funny.
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June 17, 2008
Subject: DRM-take 1...and it's defeat
Subject: DRM-take 1...and it's defeat
After the Japanese-invasion paranoia-fest, there is a quick review of Copy2PC, a program designed to defeat copy protection of period software--and a succinct
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explanation of why legitimate users might need such software.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
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January 13, 2008
Subject: A great flashback
Subject: A great flashback
This is a pretty good episode. Of course there is the fear of a Japanese technology invasion. Why didn't the show worry about the US exporting to the
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rest of the world?
Highlights of the show include:
First showing of the CDROM
Discussion about the lousy MSX architecture, and
Compaq making an IBM AT compatible.
Highlights of the show include:
First showing of the CDROM
Discussion about the lousy MSX architecture, and
Compaq making an IBM AT compatible.
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May 23, 2005
Subject: Xenophobia!
Subject: Xenophobia!
This is giggle-inducing, as it paints Japan as an evil force ready to take the American PC world by storm! It's unneccessary xenophobic hilarity at its
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very best, plus there's amazing footage of mid-Eighies Akihabara in Tokyo. A must see!
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